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M. Claire French Official General Election
County Clerk Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Monmouth County, New Jersey
City of Long Branch
OFFICE TITLE REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY NOMINATION BY PERSONAL
PETITION PETITION PETITION PETITION PETITION PETITION PETITION PETITION CHOICE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS John McCAIN
Sarah Palin
P Barack OBAMA
Joe Biden
P Cynthia Clemente P
Rosa
McKINNEY Bob BARR
Wayne A. Root
P Gloria LaRIVA
Eugene Puryear
P Ralph NADER
Matt Gonzalez
P Chuck BALDWIN
Darrell Castle
P Roger CALERO
Alyson Kennedy
PJeffrey "Jeff"Psoras P
Andrea Marie
BOSS Brian MOORE
Stewart Alexander
P Write In
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Vote for One Green Party Libertarian Party Socialism and Independent Constitution Party Socialist Workers Vote Here Socialist Party USA below)
Liberation Party
Daryl Mikell Sara J.
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE Dick P Frank P J.M. P Jason P BROOKS P Jeffrey P LOBMAN P Write In
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Vote for One ZIMMER LAUTENBERG CARTER SCHEURER Poor People's
BOSS Socialist Workers below)
God We Trust Libertarian Party Campaign Boss for Senate Party
FOR U.S. HOUSE OF Robert E. P Frank P Herb P Write In P
REPRESENTATIVES McLEOD PALLONE, Jr. TARBOUS (Use keyboard
6TH CONGRESSIONAL Regular Monmouth below)
DISTRICT, Vote for One Independent
Lillian G. P Amy A. P Write In
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FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BURRY MALLET (Use keyboard
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OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS
Vote for Two John P Glenn P Write In
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CURLEY MASON (Use keyboard
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PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON
STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 2
VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE
debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental CONSTITUTION
Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution,
functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls
agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction
due and pay and discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source
extending to more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as
of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the
provided in the Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment
Constitution?
with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved?
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment
backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes
of certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the
will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply
Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central
to such borrowing. That requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority
municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This
bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future
constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to
to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this
provide for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does
amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds
permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve
are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use
the Governor and the Senate.
of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees.
YES P NO P YES P NO P
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